Box car construction



March 7, 1933.

O. W.- GALLOWAY BOX CAR CONSTRUCTION Filed Oct. 27, 1950 Patented Mar. 7, 1933 T Es i UNITEn sT OTIS W. GALLOWAY, OF MINNEAPOLS, MINNESOTA Box CAR coNsrRUcrroNl Application filed October 27, 1930. Serial No. 491,352.

This invention relates to freight car construction and particularly to a reinforcing and protective door post vconstruction for box cars. My structure may be applied to wooden, all metal or combined wood and metal cars.

At the present time in shipping grain, vegetables or other food products, as well as in the shipment of merchandise, the articles of which are of smaller dimensions than the width of the doorways, slats or inner doors are fastened, usually by nails, to the inner edges of the door posts and siding of the cars. The continuous nailing and extraction of nails in the door post and siding considerably weakens the structure of the box car and occasions frequent replacement of the posts and the entire siding, thereby n causing the railroad companies considerable o expense.

` It is an object of my invention to provide a simple, efficient and indestructible door post structure for box cars which will elimi-v nate the above stated objectionable features 5 of structures extensively utilized at this time and -wl1ich will materially reinforce and strengthen the construction of the car, as well as provide eiicient protection tol the ends of the siding members adjacent the doorways. e y.

It is a further object to provide rugged door post structure of the type above described having associated therewith removable wooden fillers or nailing blocks to which the grain doors, slats or lumber constituting the inner door of the car, may be secured without injury to the door posts and siding, said structure including means for covering and protecting the outermost corners or ed es of the filler members. n

till a further Objectis the provision of door post structure of the type described having conveniently associated therewith ethcient weather sealing elements for cooperating with the vertical edges of the box car doors. Y 4 Y These and other objects lof the invention will be more apparent from the following description made in connection with the accompanyingA drawing, wherein` like reference characters referto similar parts throughout the several views, and wherein, Y a y F ig. l is a fragmentary elevation taken from theinterior of a wooden box car having my improved'structure embodied therein; 55.

Fig. 2 is a` cross. section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; andv n Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on -the line 8--3 ofFigl. f

In the drawing, a portion-.of one .of the side 69 walls of a wooden box 'car is illustrated, including the doorway and lmy improved door post structure. The box car body includes the usual heavy lintel and sill l and 5 respectivev ly, the flooring 6 secured to the lower sills 65 and the usual siding?v constituting the walls of the box car. My door post stru'cture'includes heavy vertical door posts Sand 9.- respectively, which are preferably constructed of metal andV which are interposed between and secured to the lintel 4 and sill 5. .TheY ends of Vsaid post members 8J ,andA 9 may be conveniently and [rigidly secured to members l and 5 by means of angle brackets 10, or! if desired theends of the posts may be 'o utfy turned to"form attachment feetwhich may be bolted, screwed or otherwise secured tothe sills. j yThe door Vposts 8 and 9 are generally similar in construction comprising heavy rZ bars having relatively wide flanges 8b and 9b 80 respectively which are turned at rightangles to -the intermediate sections or websSa and 9a and which overlap the inner surfaces of the wall siding 7 on the interior of the car and are rigidly secured thereto by suitable means such as the bolts 11. The Z-bar posts 8 and 9', have the relatively narrow flanges 8c and 9c respectively which extend at right angles from the Vwebsa and 9a and are dis-v posed at the exterior of .the doorway. V Removable, vertical filler members 12 are bolted or otherwisesecured by bolts 12a to the intermediate portions or webs of the door posts 8 and 9 and are preferably of similar 95 width to the saidV webs of the posts. These fillers may extendthe full height of posts 8 and 9 or if desired, from Athe floor to points below lintel l. Heavy boards, such as two by sixesl may` conveniently be .utilized for the removable iller members and it kwill be A noticed that the outer edges of said filler members 12 will be reinforced and protected by the narrow flanges 8c and 9c of the posts,

while the inner edges of the fillers are eX- osed.

Both the posts 8 and 9 are provided with inturned flanges 13a and 14a respectively which may be constructed integrally with the said Z-bars or which, as shown, may constitute integral portionsof weather vsealing elements welded or otherwise rigidly connected to the outer faces of the flanges 8c and 90; Inturned flanges 13a and llci` overlie the inner and opposing faces of filler members 12 vand protect the vertical edges or corners of the saine.

V My weather sealingl elements'referred vto are, numbered 13 and 14 respectively. Element 13 is secured to the front door post 8 and extends vertically along the outer face of the post having 4a projectin'gweather sealing portion orchannel 13o of `Ushape crosssection adapted to surround and engage the forward `ege of the sliding ca'r door D.

lVe'athersealing element 14 comprises a vertical strip carrying the previously mentioned protective flange 14a and secured to the outer facey of therear door post 9 and having weather s'ealingflange or edge 14o which is offset somewhat loutwardly from the attachment 4portion ofthe strip. Said flange 14o iseng'aged and surrounded by asealing elenient o r channel 1 5 securedto therear edge of door D and eiitending vertically thereof. Afs shown in FiguresQ and 3,y the door D isof acciventiOnal sliding type used onbo'x cars, supportedbya pairof hangers 1f6 from track 17 which may berigidly secured the outer surface of the lintel 4: Hangers 1G are equipped with the usual rollers 16awhic'h travel ovei the horizontal portion of said track. `guideiin the form of an angle bar 18 engages :the lower edges ofthe door D.

- The'heavy inetallie doorposts 8 and 9 addistr'engthened b'e'fc'aufse ojftlieir cross acecha z-'shpsmasialyarenaria de box car construction vsuppert'ing.the -linte'ls and rigidly connecting said uppersillswith insiemi Sings; n ein @rumba nosed theehuis Wide isser franges eb fue door posts reinforce the inner ends ofthe siding members I and cover completely the innermost surfaces of said endsfo'r considerable area. It willfthus vbe limpossible tonailslats or grain doors across the v'ends of the siding The replaceable filler', strips or nailing blocks 1:2 `fit the intermediate portions c jrfwelo's of z -bar posts'S and 9 with their innermost edges vdisposed substantially flush witlirthe inner faces ofthe sidingaiid the `protective flangeso andV 9o, furnishing adequate attachment means to which the grain doors or slats maybe nailed o r otherwise secured. v

In 'loading b 'ox cars, theouteriiiost edges of the doorway are frequently struclr'and inured by heavy articles. lVith my structure,

.door D engages the offset flange 14o of element 114. ,4

It will be noticed that the filler strips 12 may be quickly removed from the door posts S and 9, the -bolts orother securing means being-accessible in the form illustrated, from the exterior of the bonca'r. It will, of course, be understood that various changes vmay made in the forni, de'- tails, arrangement and proportions of the various parts. without departing from the scope of my invention;

That is claimed is 2- 1. In combination vwith the lint'el and sill and siding of a box car, door post construction com pris'ng a pair of metallic posts inter-y posed between saidlintel and sill and rigidly secured thereto and cooperating therewith to define a doorway, said posts proximately Z-sliape in cross section and havf ing relatively wide protective flanges at their inner surfaces, said flanges overlying and lprotec'tin'g the inner surfaces ofthe ends of the sidingl i'ii'embers adjacent the doorway, means for rigidly securing said siding ends to saidr flai'iges, removable fillferunelnbers extending longitudinal' of said post and secured to the web portions'of said Z bars, 'saidposts having inturned protective flangejscove'ring the out'- v.

ermost edges 'of fillermembers.

2.' In combination with the lintel' andfsill and siding o f box car, vdoorpost construction coinpris'inga pair of metallic posttsftlie ends "of which are rigidly 'coi'inected respectively with said lintel `andsill, Yremovable 'fill erm'ei'nbers extending llongitudinally of said posts andus'eeured to tl'iefinner and opposed surfaces thereof, said posts having at thf eX- tiierf of the box Caigopp'osed reagierten z angle flanges' forming in conjunction with opposed longitudinal surfaces of said posts longitudinal channels which surround and protect the forward edges and corners of said filler members`. y u l 3. In door postl structure for box carga pair of vertical metallic posts secured at their upper and lower ends to the lintel and sill respectively of the box c ar yand cooperating with said lintel and sill to define fa doorway, said posts having opposed substantially parallel intermediate longitudinal portions or webs and having 'outwardly turned perpendicular 'and relatively wide fianges at their rearward portions which lap and protect the linner surfaces of the ends of the rsiding memleing of ap- Y bers of the box car, means for securing said wide flanges to the ends of said siding members, said metallic posts havinginturned substantially perpendicular and relatively narrow longitudinal flanges at their forward portions, said last mentioned flanges cooperating with the intermediate or web portions of the posts to define longitudinal seats for removable iller strips and opposed ller strips detachably secured in said seats.

fl. In door post structure for box cars, a pair of vertical metallic posts secured at their upper and lower ends to the lintel andsill `members respectively of a box car and co-` operating therewith to dene a doorway, said posts having opposed substantially parallel longitudinal webs, vertical filler strips detacliably secured against said webs7 said posts having outwardly turned perpendicular and relatively wide flanges at their rearward porv tions extending substantially throughout the full length of said posts and overlapping flush against the inner surfaces of the ends of the siding members of the box car to protect the same and means for securing said wide flanges to said siding.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

OTIS W. GALLOWAY. 

